Matter of Estate of Dwight

First Hawaiian Bank (Appellant or Trustee), successor Trustee of The Estate of Samuel Castle Dwight, deceased, (Trust) appeals the Circuit Court’s judgment surcharging the Trustee for its breach of fiduciary duties owed to the Trust and to the income beneficiaries in purchasing and maintaining a fifty-year old building, and awarding the income beneficiaries reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. We affirm, but modify the amount of the surcharge.

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Samuel M. Dwight and Harriet D. Ellis (beneficiaries or Appellees) are the two remaining income beneficiaries of the Trust in question. The trust…